There are 9 ways to get from Saint-Étienne to Helsinki by train, plane, bus, car, ferry, car train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport
best- Take the train from St Etienne Chateaucreux to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane LYS - HEL
8h 42m€149–428Train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly to Lennart Meri International Airport, ferry
cheapest- Take the train from St Etienne Chateaucreux to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane LYS - TLL
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki Terminal 2ferry
12h 3m€144–395Train, bus
- Take the train from St Etienne Chateaucreux to Lyon Part Dieutrain Ter
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Berlin Suedkreuztrain Ice
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
40h 35m€367–661Train, bus via Vilnius
- Take the train from St Etienne Chateaucreux to Lyon Part Dieutrain Ter
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Offenbach to Kraków Głównytrain Drf
- Take the train from Kraków Główny to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotistrain
- Take the bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis (Sodų g. 22) to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
2d 3hDrive 3,960.3 km
- Drive from Saint-Étienne to Helsinkicar 3,960.3 km
42h 10m€748–1,080Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport
- Take the train from St Etienne Chateaucreux to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane GVA - HEL
9h 16m€163–365Train, bus #2
- Take the train from St Etienne Chateaucreux to Lyon Part Dieutrain Ter
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Mulhouse Villetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbftrain 20 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
44h 45m€390–713Bus
- Take the bus from Saint-Étienne - Rue Milleret Bus Stop to Lyon - Gerland Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Lyon to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
2d€244–397Drive, car train, car ferry
- Drive from Saint-Étienne to Lörrach Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Swinoujsciecar
- Take the carferry from Świnoujście to Ystadcarferry
- Drive from Bornholmerfærgen, Ystad to Helsinkicar
2d 6h€669–1,115
Saint-Étienne to Helsinki by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Saint-Étienne to Helsinki is to train and fly and ferry which costs €140 - €400 and takes 12h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Saint-Étienne to Helsinki is to train and fly which takes 8h 42m and costs €140 - €430.
No, there is no direct bus from Saint-Étienne to Helsinki. However, there are services departing from Saint-Étienne - Rue Milleret Bus Stop and arriving at Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 via Lyon and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 0h.
The distance between Saint-Étienne and Helsinki is 2185 km. The road distance is 3960.3 km.
The best way to get from Saint-Étienne to Helsinki without a car is to train and bus which takes 40h 35m and costs €360 - €700.
It takes approximately 8h 42m to get from Saint-Étienne to Helsinki, including transfers.
Saint-Étienne to Helsinki bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Saint-Étienne - Rue Milleret Bus Stop station.
Saint-Étienne to Helsinki bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Lyon - Gerland Bus Station.
Helsinki is 1h ahead of Saint-Étienne. It is currently 7:54 PM in Saint-Étienne and 8:54 PM in Helsinki.
Yes, the driving distance between Saint-Étienne to Helsinki is 3960 km. It takes approximately 42h 10m to drive from Saint-Étienne to Helsinki.
What companies run services between Saint-Étienne, France and Helsinki, Finland?
You can take a bus from Saint-Étienne - Rue Milleret Bus Stop to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 via Lyon and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof in around 2d.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Helsinki Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–440
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Helsinki Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–430
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–310
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Helsinki Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €150–430
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–260
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from St Etienne Chateaucreux to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from St Etienne Chateaucreux to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from St Etienne Chateaucreux to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from St Etienne Chateaucreux to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from St Etienne Chateaucreux to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from St Etienne Chateaucreux to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from St Etienne Chateaucreux to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from St Etienne Chateaucreux to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from St Etienne Chateaucreux to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–210
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from St Etienne Chateaucreux to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from St Etienne Chateaucreux to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from St Etienne Chateaucreux to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–270
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–310
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Offenbach to Kraków Główny
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 8m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- [email protected]
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Kraków Główny to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- LTG Link
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €160–250
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 29m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis (Sodų g. 22) to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €160–250
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Saint-Étienne - Rue Milleret Bus Stop to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lyon to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Saint-Étienne - Rue Milleret Bus Stop to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- 06000 4300
- Website
- eckeroline.fi
Ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Schedules at
- Eckeroline
- Economy
- €20–30
- Phone
- +48 91 88 02 909
- [email protected]
- Website
- unityline.eu
Car ferry from Świnoujście to Ystad
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Schedules at
- unityline.eu
- Phone
- +48 94 35 52 102
- [email protected]
- Website
- polferries.com
Car ferry from Świnoujście to Ystad
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Schedules at
- polferries.com
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